Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh
India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
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Narrated by:
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Shivani Vakil Savant
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Written by:
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Shrayana Bhattacharya
About this listen
In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories—the jobs, desires, prayers, love affairs and rivalries—of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but united in fandom, they remain steadfast in their search for intimacy, independence and fun. Embracing Hindi film idol Shah Rukh Khan allows them a small respite from an oppressive culture, a fillip to their fantasies of a friendlier masculinity in Indian men. Most struggle to find the freedom—or income—to follow their favorite actor.
Bobbing along in this stream of multiple lives for more than a decade—from Manju's boredom in 'rurban' Rampur and Gold's anger at having to compete with Western women for male attention in Delhi's nightclubs, to Zahira's break from domestic abuse in Ahmedabad—Bhattacharya gleans the details on what Indian women think about men, money, movies, beauty, helplessness, agency and love. A most unusual and compelling book on the female gaze, this is the story of how women have experienced post-liberalization India.
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- s mohan
- 17-03-23
Excellent
Interesting, insightful, informative.... Brilliantly flagging several issues of gender supported by facts and figures.
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- upTalkk
- 15-05-23
Must read!
I'm pretty sure I'll buy a hard copy, it's one of those rare books that you absolutely must own.
Love the detailed insight into women and their aspirations and their relationship with SRK.
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- Ruchira
- 23-09-24
Women and Bollywood connected beautifully
The insights and research in the book is eye-opening. For those who believe that things have changed a lot for women in India overbthe years, the stats comes as a shaker and at times shocker. The author has beautifully strung the stories of women across genres, regions, age groups with the common thread of their experience and liking for Shahrukh Khan. With the way she brings out the aspects women love about Shahrukh, it endeared the actor to me as a reader. The writing is engaging with a great sense of humor. A fascinating read!
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- Maneeb Masood
- 08-04-23
Gives a new point of view
The problem with data in India is that the datasets are very small samples and they cannot represent the whole country especially when it comes to Personal qualities and emotions. The book does well to present the research via a new eye.
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- Ash
- 22-05-22
stories of women and their Shahrukh
I assumed it was stories of single women who seeked respite from the harsh and unbalanced playground of relationships through a fantasy. But my favourite stories were the ones of married women. The ones who found singledom and independence within their marriage and forged future for themselves and their family with a rational vision, and a heart that beats for the myth of the Shahrukh Khan.
PS: yes, I am crushing over Mr Khan now 💛
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- Quizramana
- 03-10-23
Grt book terrible narration
The book was excellent but narration was awful. Esp when she was doing the dialogue bits for thr rural women. really bad.
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- Ramkey & Lakshmi
- 30-01-23
Deep and insightful
the author uses the stories of women with the common thread of loving Shah Rukh beautifully. Its a very deep book on our society and i love how the stories throw light on the plight of women in India. its not charts or graphs but real stories.
the author could have cut short the part of her own personal struggles with love...apart from that just loved the book. the Audio reading was also very good.
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- Pratham
- 11-02-23
Worth a listen
Superb writing, amazing research and an eye opener for Indian men on the everyday struggles of a woman in India..with a pinch of SRK in every word…
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- Samashti
- 26-03-22
Fire whoever read this book!
ohh my god! is this a commentary on singlehood specifically for women or a drone to bore you to death? Couldn't have hired a worse person to read the book, even siri/alexa could've done a better job. Zero inflection, emphasis or emotion. Got interested in the contents of the but couldn't even go through chapter 1. Plain horrible! Absolute snoozefest. Shivani should just stick to being a chef and baker
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